Songs of the Irish Diaspora (with Brendan Graham)

Songs of the Irish American and Canadian Diaspora shares Brendan Graham’s music that was inspired by the historical experiences of Irish migrant communities in the United States and Canada. It features stirring performances of Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears about the arrival of Annie Moore on Ellis Island, March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande) with Liam Neeson and Paddy Moloney and the Chieftains about the San Patricios battalions during the Mexican-American War, the haunting emigrant lament The Fair Haired Boy, the creation of a “transatlantic Ireland” on The Coast of Labrador, and the rousing anthem O, America!. Renowned singers Séan and Dolores Keane, Cathy Jordan, and Anthony Kearns and the Irish Tenors perform these classic songs.

This film is part of the Great Famine Voices 2021 season, hosted by the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park and Irish Heritage Trust with funding from the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme.